In an interaction with another photographer yesterday, something happened to me. I was chatting with him and he said, “It’s refreshing to have realism. I mean you hear about the Mouseketeers or whatever being all happy and sparkly, and then when you’ve been in the industry for a while you realize that’s NOT what it’s […]

When Sarah and I first started our business our photography skills were, well, lets just say “lacking.” In spite of that- somehow we managed to book and shoot 27 weddings in our first year! “How did this happen? Why did this happen? Did we just get lucky?” These were all questions that ran through our […]

Today we close out our series on how to create a stellar client consultation experience with our final thoughts on how to close your consultations strong. Sometimes it all comes down to asking the right question. ASSUME THEY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU In his 2008 TED talk, Dan Ariely talked about the psychology of […]

At least once a day, and sometimes more, I find something I want to screenshot. Sometimes it’s an order confirmation for something I’ve bought and I want to be sure that I have my confirmation number (in case the email gets lost in cyberspace). Sometimes it’s inspiration for a photo shoot or a website design […]

When you meet with a couple for the first time, you’re setting the tone for the rest of your relationship with them. You want that relationship to be based on one thing – TRUST. Clients who trust you don’t feel the need to mirco manage the photos on their wedding day. They allow you to […]

Today we continue our series about creating a stellar client consultation experience. In our last article, we talked about our very first client consultation and in case you missed it, it didn’t go well. Today we’re going to share some tips that will help you avoid the “job interview” scenario we encountered the next time […]

Whenever I am photographing something, whether it is a wedding, engagement photos, senior session or details, I repeat the following 3 words to myself over and over in my head throughout the photoshoot. “Tight, middle, wide.” As a photographer, especially a wedding photographer, our job is extremely time sensitive. We have to try to time […]

Check out these five tips from Scottsdale, Arizona based Newborn Photographer Cortney Talbott… I guarantee we have all been there at one point or another either early in our careers, or even as experienced newborn photographers. You get that comment from your client saying, “We really just want one beautiful photo of our 14 month […]

In this How To tutorial I’m going share with you some great tips on photographing wedding cakes. Aside from camera settings which I’ll assume you can work out on your own, the main elements to consider are location, including the background and the angle at which you and your camera are positioned. Location: The location […]

The first time we had a face to face consultation with a new wedding client, it was kind of terrifying. The couple asked to meet us at Starbucks. They sat down and the bride pulled out a steno notebook with The Knot’s most recent addition of “30 questions to ask your photographer.” The bride peppered […]